Sir Charles Court statue unveiled in Perth CBD

Former West Australian Premier Sir Charles Court would have celebrated his 100th birthday today and to mark the occasion a bronze-cast statue and monument was unveiled in his honour.

Sir Charles Court served as a Member of the WA Parliament for 29 years from 1974 until 1982 and is famed for his hand in WA's mining boom.

He was celebrated for defending the rights of West Australians from the Eastern states and, as current Premier Colin Barnett proudly pointed out, Sir Charles "didn't mind a fight with Canberra" and never took no for an answer.

"Sir Charles was a strong advocate for WA and a man who defended the right of the State to manage its own affairs," Mr Barnett said.

During his time in Government Sir Charles would frequently stroll down the hill from Parliament House to the CBD and it's on this route that his cast silicon bronze statue now stands.

"It is symbolically located on St Georges Terrace near Parliament House and the Woodside building to highlight Sir Charles' role in the development of the North-West Shelf and Western Australia," Mr Barnett said.

Sir Charles was also known for his divisive decisions including the close of the Perth-Fremantle railway service and his role in the Noonkanbah land-rights dispute which led to a low point between indigenous and government relations.

Tony Jones was the artist commissioned to complete the work; the statue alone weighs 150 kilograms and the sculptural platform is laser cut from weather resistant steel symbolic of the iron ore of the North-West.

The memorial was announced in 2008 by then Premier Alan Carpenter to honour Sir Charles Court's extraordinary life.